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Inclusive Electroweak measurements in the muon channel with pp collisions at [the square root of] s=7 TeV

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Harris, Philip Coleman
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Steven Nahn.
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Abstract
In this thesis, we perform the measurement of the production of W and Z bosons in proton-proton collisions at [the square root of]s = 7 TeV with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In the LHC, W and Z bosons are produced at a high rate, providing for large yields, which along with the clean signature of W boson decay into a muon and neutrino and the Z boson decay into two muons, allow for precision measurement of their production within the first year of operation. Deviation of these values from standard model predictions gives a clear indication of new physics interactions occurring at the LHC. We present the measurement of the inclusive W--> [mu] [epsilon] and Z --> [mu]+ [mu]- cross sections along with the W boson charge ratio (W+/W-) and the W/Z production ratio in the muon channel using the first data corresponding to 35.9 pb-1 of proton proton collisions at [the square root of]s = 7 TeV. Measured values of ... are in agreement with the most advanced NNLO predictions. These are currently the most precise Electroweak measurements at the LHC.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2011.
 
In title on title-page, "[the square root of]" appears as the mathematical symbol. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-243).
 
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2011
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77485
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.

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